Archive for July, 2009

The marine is named for John Wayne because he liked to come here in his 130” minesweeper. Later he bought the land and donated it for the marina. A beautiful, peaceful spot. A little boy showed us a baby seal, not doing too well on the marina rocks.

Welcome to the first edition of Best of the West, in which we round up the best, the worst, the this and the that of what we’ve seen so far. These assessments are subject to change as we work our way through Washington and Oregon and finally home to California, but before we get too far in, here’s what has been great so far.

We couldn’t make it onto the early ferry today, so we had more time in Victoria. That was nice because yesterday it was too hot to go out, so we didn’t do much. They have a great collection of totems near the waterfront.